2017 VFP Scholarship Application

Chicago Veterans for Peace will award a one-time $500 scholarship to a student whose goals align with VFP's statement of purpose. The student should have, or intend to have, a concentration in peace, social justice, conflict resolution, or related discipline and a minimum 2.75 GPA.

What college/university will you be enrolled at for the 2017-2018 academic year?
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Major/concentration
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What will be your student status in the fall? (Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or grad student)
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How do your goals align with the VFP Statement of Purpose?

We, having been in the military, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work with others:

- Toward increasing public awareness of the costs of war;
- To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations;
- To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons;
- To seek justice for veterans and victims of war;
- To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

To achieve these goals, members of Veterans for Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace. We urge all who share this vision to join us.
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Maximum Allowed: 500 words. Currently Used: 0 words.

Please write a 500-word essay about how your goals align with VFP's Statement of Purpose.